Month: January 2020

Categories Op-ed

Striking Deal or Blowing Smoke? Why Trump and Netanyahu to Meet Ahead of Israeli PM’s Immunity Vote

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The US president is about to reveal the “deal of the century” peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something he has been teasing with for the last few years, but the timing raises questions on whether its publication has been conveniently scheduled to offset political challenges both in Israel and the US. … Read More >Striking Deal or Blowing Smoke? Why Trump and Netanyahu to Meet Ahead of Israeli PM’s Immunity Vote

Categories Asia & Pacific

US to Begin Evacuating Citizens From Coronavirus Epicentre Wuhan on Sunday – Reports

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United States authorities will organise a charter flight on Sunday to evacuate citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of an outbreak of a new form of coronavirus that has already claimed the lives of 41 people, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a source familiar with the operation. … Read More >US to Begin Evacuating Citizens From Coronavirus Epicentre Wuhan on Sunday – Reports

Categories World

Playing Defensive? Pentagon Splashes $13 Million to Intercept Russian, Chinese Hypersonic Weapons

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Right now Russia is the leading developer and producer of hypersonic weapons, having already deployed its first hypersonic gliders, Avangard. At the same time, China, another country deemed a “near-peer adversary” by the US, has also been heavily investing in the development of such missiles. … Read More >Playing Defensive? Pentagon Splashes $13 Million to Intercept Russian, Chinese Hypersonic Weapons

Categories Russia

Seven Chinese Citizens With Viral Respiratory Illness Symptoms Hospitalised in Moscow

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Seven Chinese citizens have been transported from a hotel in northern Moscow to an infectious diseases hospital on suspicion of carrying an acute viral respiratory illness, a representative for the Russian capital’s emergency services said on Saturday. … Read More >Seven Chinese Citizens With Viral Respiratory Illness Symptoms Hospitalised in Moscow

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘Grave situation’: Xi says China can ‘win the battle’ against coronavirus, but spread is ‘accelerating’

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China’s President Xi Jinping has encouraged his nation to win over the deadly epidemic which has claimed 41 lives and saw the travel of millions restricted. He warned that the situation is grave and worrisome – but not untenable. … Read More >‘Grave situation’: Xi says China can ‘win the battle’ against coronavirus, but spread is ‘accelerating’

Categories Middle East

Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down But There May Be More to the Story

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The claim that Major General Qassem Soleimani was a “terrorist” on a mission to carry out an “imminent” attack that would kill hundreds of Americans turned out to be a lie, so why should one believe anything else relating to recent developments in Iran and Iraq? … Read More >Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down But There May Be More to the Story

Categories Shows

The REAL MLK Jr, the free press under attack, US plastics manufacturers too dirty for China

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The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr is misrepresented every year on the US holiday that carries his name and encourages service. This year, the FBI even made a tweet for him. Lee is here to remind you that MLK didn’t just believe in service. He stood against capitalism, militarism, and racism. … Read More >The REAL MLK Jr, the free press under attack, US plastics manufacturers too dirty for China

Categories Middle East

US officer who shot down Iranian plane received a medal, while the man guilty for downing Ukraine’s jet is IN JAIL – FM Zarif

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Iran has imprisoned the army officer who fired a missile that killed 176 on board a Ukrainian jet, Mohammad Javad Zarif has said, comparing Tehran’s actions to that of the US when it downed an Iranian airliner 32 years ago. … Read More >US officer who shot down Iranian plane received a medal, while the man guilty for downing Ukraine’s jet is IN JAIL – FM Zarif

Categories UK

‘So much for special relationship’: UK foreign sec roasted online after US rejects extradition request for American agent’s wife

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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been ridiculed on social media for a weak response to Washington rejecting the extradition request for Anne Sacoolas, a US agent’s spouse charged with teenager Harry Dunn’s death. … Read More >‘So much for special relationship’: UK foreign sec roasted online after US rejects extradition request for American agent’s wife